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Aspen Education Group lawyers..AEG not mental health program
Anonymous:
Aspen Education Group does not provide a therapeutic milieu that is conformative to standards set by any medical body for their "patients," medically recognized therapy, or medically accredited personnel, Aspen's own lawyers successfully argued in Pence v. Aspen Education Group.
http://www.websupp.org/data/DOR/6:05-cv ... 80-DOR.pdf
Aspen education group turned the details of one of the confessions it mandates from its "patients" over to the police.
The "patient" had confessed he had peeped into the girls dorm, after climbing onto a roof.
The "patient's" parents sued over Aspens failure to provide a clinically valid therapeutic milieu, for failing to conform to clinical, medical standards, for violating the confidentiality of the patient/ therapist relationship, and for subjecting their "patient" to "therapy" from a group of people who were not licensed therapists or medical personnel.
Aspen Education Group's defense was that, yes, they failed to provide therapy that conforms to standards of medicine, but that was OK because they ONLY agreed to provide...
--- Quote from: "Aspen Education Group" --- "group and individual counseling as dictated by
PROGRAM design......NorthStar did not promise to do the things that plaintiffs
complain they failed to do, such as provide counseling by a
LICENSED counselor,2"
--- End quote ---
Aspen education Group argued that confessions the "patient" was expected to make was NOT part of a therapeutic treatment program, and that NorthStar was NOT a drug and alcohol or mental health therapy program.
Aspen Education Group argued largely SUCCESSFULLY that because their "patient's" therapist was unlicensed and semi-successfully that because their employees were not actual medical personnel, HiPPA statues did not apply to them.
--- Quote from: "Pence v Aspen Education Group" --- "Because she is not a licensed counselor and there is no evidence she is an employee of a licensed counselor, Harless is not subject to confidentiality laws applicable to licensed counselors and their employees."
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: "Pence v Aspen Education Group" ---"There is insufficient evidence to conclude that there are no disputed issues of fact as to whether information conveyed by Harless to police was protected health information within the meaning of HIPAA, and whether NorthStar is a covered entity within the meaning of HIPAA."
--- End quote ---
Troll Control:
Ouch. Fucking ouch. Wow, this is a damning indictment of Apen Education Group. Their entire defense is based upon not providing the services they advertise as delivering.
Whooter (the new version of TheWho) is now, officially, 100% discredited by his own people. Don't feel bad though, Whoooter, everyone who works for Aspen gets a black eye, too.
And you parents out there now have exactly what reason to justify engaging Aspen Education? Please, explain again to me how your child really needs this pseudo-not-quite-never-claimed-to-be-real "treatment" at Aspen. I'm all ears.
Troll Control:
biz-umpety!
Whooter:
Aspen Education Group has participated in multiple independent research studies to ensure that we provide the most cutting-edge, evidence-based therapeutic practices and clinical models within each of our programs. As the leading provider of therapeutic education programs for youth and young adults, we feel it is our responsibility to measure the effectiveness of our methods and the sustainability of our results.
Aspen Education Group’s Outdoor Behavior Healthcare (OBH) programs, also referred to as wilderness therapy, participated in two long-term, independent research studies, most recently from March 2006 through October 2008. One hundred-ninety adolescents, ages 14-17, enrolled in three different wilderness therapy programs were assessed at admission; one week after they started treatment; graduation from the wilderness therapy program; three months after graduation; and 12 months after graduation. Adolescent participants in wilderness therapy programs experienced reported struggling with issues such as substance use, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideations, ADHD and academic performance....
More results to come!!
Troll Control:
Lols. The only problem with the 'study' is that they were illegally using unlicesned 'therapists' for their 'treatment.' Tell me, how does AEG assess effectiveness of treatment when they already admitted in a lawsuit that THEY PROVIDE NO TREATMENT? Interesting logical pretzel Whooter has tied himself into.
Attention: AEG admits after almost 20 years of operation that they provide NO THERAPY and NO TREATMENT services.
I wonder what all the parents are paying for? Food, lodging and humiliation only??
You people are SUCKERS and got RIPPED OFF by AEG. Tough pill to swallow, but AEG admitted in open court during a lawsuit trial that they in fact do not use licesned therapists and provide no treatment of any kind.
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